looking-for-a-way-home: Later, while in labor, Michele asks Charlie and his mom, Ann, her birth coach, “When they take babies, do they usually let the parents hold them first?” Michele’s baby boy, Charles Daniel Silvey, Jr., was born at 4:45 a.m. By then, Michele had arranged to take her newborn to Charlie’s sister’s house in a Columbia trailer court. A restraining order prohibits Charlie from visiting there due to some trouble with the police, so he will be separated from Michele and the baby until they find a home. A Department of Social Services worker spoke with Michele and was comfortable that when the baby left the hospital, he would be safe and sheltered.
